Linda Escalante joined NRDC in 2005. She is an Associate of NRDC’s Latino Media and Outreach/Advocacy team, better known as La Onda Verde. As one of NRDC’s environmental experts for the Spanish language media, she is able to do wide reaching advocacy and public education on environmental issues that affect the Latino community.
Linda holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Biology and minor in Spanish Literature from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining NRDC, Linda worked on Latino child health issues at RAND Health & UCLA Department of Pediatrics.
Posted April 17, 2012 by Linda Escalante in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Latinos know how to party on Earth Day. This year, the William C. Velazquez Institute and its coalition of conservation and environmental partners, which include La Onda Verde de NRDC, will continue the annual tradition of EARTH DAY LATINO at...continued→
Posted July 5, 2010 by Linda Escalante in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy, Reviving the World's Oceans, Solving Global Warming
This job can be hard on the soul sometimes. The news and environmental diagnoses are often so dire that being hopeful can be a struggle. But life always shows its beauty and reasons for hope. This 4th of July weekend I went...continued→
Posted June 7, 2010 by Linda Escalante
Macondo is no longer just the name of a fantastical world depicted by Gabriel García Márquez in his tale of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Astonishingly, it’s also the name of the oil field beneath what was once...continued→
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